• Pnut@lemm.ee
    19·
    7 days ago

    Seriously. That star Trek sub is like a cafeteria table of high school girls that are constantly giggling. I don’t understand it at all. I understand less why it’s so funny. It is fucking funny though.

    • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      I don’t understand why a large part of adults of the word are so into that other space franchise, far in the future the time when characters have to fight with pink glowsticks for some reason.
      Now that’s funny.

  • Tug@lemmy.world
    6·
    7 days ago

    I thought I was a nerd until I got here, now im still a nerd but not a super nerd.

  • DioramaOfShit@lemm.ee
    3·
    6 days ago

    Hey its not my fault, im computer illiterate and star trek is for needs. Also i got banned from reddit.

    • plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org
      17·
      8 days ago

      I switched to Linux (not arch btw) around the same time as joining Lemmy. And I’ve still not seen any trek apart from a couple of the movies, which I quite liked. We’re contemplating starting at the very start

      • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM
        16·
        8 days ago

        Starting from the beginning is the absolute best, in my opinion. The original series is so much fun, and as much as I love TNG and others, I know that nothing will come close to the cultural impact that the original had. It was prime time, mainstream, and riding the energy that the country had for space in the 1960s, with a message of hope and cooperation. That being said, prepare for a decent mix of goofiness too, lol.

        • 790@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          9·
          8 days ago

          nothing will come close to the cultural impact that the original had.

          That’s part of the reason why I probably wouldn’t recommend old trek first to somebody. We don’t have the benefit of being able to go back to the cultural moment of the '60s Trek.

          I compare it to how Wizard of Oz is a great movie, but you can’t really experience the transition to color that happened in the movie the same way someone in 1939 did. Plenty of TV shows were still in black and white all the way into the '60s.

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
        12·
        8 days ago

        There is some really terrible original Trek, whose only defense is being a product of the time. That said, you will still see the first interracial kiss on broadcast TV. The first season of The Next Generation is pretty stilted, but is still decent in my opinion. And, as is the overarching theme for Trek, questions about who, what, and why we are will be asked, and sometimes answers will be proposed.

        • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 days ago

          The Gorn was laughable, but in SNW they are legitimately terrifying. The fact that every series has ties and often callbacks to others in the timeline is one of my favorite things about Trek, like Doctor Who it’s been going for decades but every part of the history is fodder for more exploration. DS9s Tribble episode is a great example, editing Sisko and Dax in behind Kirk and Spock

      • MintyAnt@lemmy.world
        8·
        8 days ago

        OG star Trek is a product of it’s time. While revolutionary and a great source of solid sci Fi, it’s also got the old tv style to it. Extremely long pauses, close ups forever, agonizingly long just to get out one line then repeat.

        Would recommend… After you’ve watched a more modern star Trek :)

        TNG is a favorite for a good reason. Maybe from season 3 on to start. It’s also going to seem extremely slow / no music compared to modern TV. But it’s overall quality shit.

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
        29·
        8 days ago

        I’ve just skipped around episodes in Next Generation, DS9 and Voyager but I love most of it.

        Homefront and Paradise Lost might be some of the best television I’ve ever seen. The fact that those episodes came out before 9/11 might be the craziest piece of foreshadowing I’ve ever seen.

        Little green men was my favorite though.

          • MintyAnt@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 days ago

            It’s absolutely a slip around series :) the plots you’re probably referring to really only kick in the last half of the series.

          • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            8 days ago

            It’s really not but I’ve been watching on Pluto because that’s what I have access to

        • MintyAnt@lemmy.world
          4·
          8 days ago

          The ferengi were a terrible idea done terribly… until DS9. They really find their stride

          Although I think they are best in the ep where quark sells weapons. Something about his cousin is peak Ferengi

          • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            8 days ago

            The rewrite of the Ferengi rules of accusation might also be my favorite episode 😂

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 days ago

          And In the Pale Moonlight. I hope you didn’t skip that one!

          Yeah, skipping around ST is reasonable. I skipped around Voyager a ton and still haven’t filled in the gaps TBH.

    • Mellibird@lemm.ee
      4·
      7 days ago

      I have considered not only figuring out how to setup Linux on my computer but also considered starting to watch Star Trek. It’s been almost a year since I’ve been on Lemmy and I haven’t caved yet… But my time may be coming soon…

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    462·
    8 days ago

    You just posted it to a server hosted on linux. You use Linux friend. One of us one of us gooble gobble one of us.